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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
1977: First produced in South Africa by [[Pieter Toerien]], directed by [[Peter Bowles]] at the [[Johannesburg Civic]] and the [[Nico Malan Theatre]], Cape Town. The '''''Dirty Linen''''' cast were: [[Moira Downie]] (Maddie), [[Sandy Robertson]] (Cocklebury-Smythe, M.P.), [[John Challis]] (McTeazle, M.P.),  
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1977: First produced in South Africa by [[Pieter Toerien]], directed by [[Peter Bowles]] at the [[Johannesburg Civic]] and the [[Nico Malan Theatre]], Cape Town. The '''''Dirty Linen''''' cast were: [[Moira Downie]] (Maddie), [[Sandy Robertson]] (Cocklebury-Smythe, M.P.), [[John Challis]] (McTeazle, M.P.), [[Ron Smerczak]] (Chamberlain, M.P.), [[Peter Bowles]] (Chairman Withenshaw, M.P.), [[Naomi Buch]] (Mrs Ebury, M.P.),  
  
  
starring [[Charles Hawtrey]], [[Naomi Buch]], [[Peter Bowles]], [[Richard Warwick]] and [[Ron Smerczak]]
 
  
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starring [[Charles Hawtrey]],  [[Richard Warwick]] and
  
  

Revision as of 06:31, 25 April 2016

Dirty Linen and New-Found-Land [1] is a pair of plays by Czech-born British playwright and screenwriter Tom Stoppard (1937- ) [2]. The two plays are always performed together, with New-Found-Land interrupting the two parts of Dirty Linen.

The original text

The pair of plays was first performed in 1976 for two months at the Almost Free Theatre [3] in London, after which it moved to the Arts Theatre [4] on the West End for the next four years.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1977: First produced in South Africa by Pieter Toerien, directed by Peter Bowles at the Johannesburg Civic and the Nico Malan Theatre, Cape Town. The Dirty Linen cast were: Moira Downie (Maddie), Sandy Robertson (Cocklebury-Smythe, M.P.), John Challis (McTeazle, M.P.), Ron Smerczak (Chamberlain, M.P.), Peter Bowles (Chairman Withenshaw, M.P.), Naomi Buch (Mrs Ebury, M.P.),


starring Charles Hawtrey,   Richard Warwick and 


Sources

Theatre programme held by NELM: [Collection: FARMER, Anthony]: 2007. 18. 13. 346 and [Collection: THEATRE PROGRAMMES]: 2012. 285. 1. 82.

Pieter Toerien theatre programme (undated).

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